- Date
- August 1, 1983, 21:20 local (Aug 2, 1983, 02:20 UTC)
- Place
- West Chicago, IL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4557EGulfstream AA-5B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 12010
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt reported that during a night landing, the acft began to porpoise. He applied power to go around, but the plane went off the left side of the rwy. Subsequently, it collided with brush & a chain link fence & came to rest on residential property. The plt report having 1 hr of night time during the previous 90 days.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4557E
- Reported as
- Gulfstream AA-5B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA5B-1230
- Airframe hours
- 604
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4K, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- J. B. Watkin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 25, 1983 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- OSH · Oshkosh, WI
- Airport
- DPA · Dupage, runway 33, 3,500 × 100 ft, concrete
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 89 total · 7 in this make and model · 51 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DPA
Other investigations on N4557E · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.